Splunk User Certification Exam 2025
5 Main components of Splunk ES - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Index Data, Search & investigate, Add
knowledge, Monitor & Alert, Report & Analyze.
Three main roles in splunk? (3) - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Admin, Power, User
Installs apps, creates knowledge objects for all users (what apps a user will see by default) -
✅✅✅CORRECT -Admin
Creates and shares knowledge objects for users of app, real-time searches - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Power
User
Only sees own knowledge objects and those shared to them - ✅✅✅CORRECT -User
Apps in Splunk? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1. Pre-built dashboards, reports, alerts and workflows
2. In-depth data analysis for power users
3. Search & Reporting
What does the search and reporting app do in splunk? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Creates knowledge objects,
reports, and dashboards
The seven main components in splunk searching and reporting? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1. Splunk bar
2. App bar
3. Search bar
4. Time range picker
5. How to search panel
6. What to search panel
7. Search History
, What does the time range picker do? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Allow search by preset times, relative times.
Real time (earliest, latest), date range. Retrieve events over a specific time period.
Limiting search by ___________ is key to faster results and is a best practice - ✅✅✅CORRECT -time
The time range picker is set to _________ by default. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -All-time
Search jobs are available for ____ minutes by default. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -10
________ commands create statistics and visualizations. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Transforming
________ tab is default tab for searches - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Event
The three main search modes? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Fast, Verbose, and Smart
_______ mode has discovery off for event searches. No event or field data for stats searches. -
✅✅✅CORRECT -Fast
______ mode has all events and field data; switches to this mode after visualization - ✅✅✅CORRECT
-Verbose
______ mode (default-based on search string data) has field discovery ON for event searches. No event
or field data for stats searches. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Smart
What does the "Job V" action button do - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Edits job settings, sends jobs to the
background, inspects and deletes job.
Saved searches are set to ______ by default. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -private
5 Main components of Splunk ES - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Index Data, Search & investigate, Add
knowledge, Monitor & Alert, Report & Analyze.
Three main roles in splunk? (3) - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Admin, Power, User
Installs apps, creates knowledge objects for all users (what apps a user will see by default) -
✅✅✅CORRECT -Admin
Creates and shares knowledge objects for users of app, real-time searches - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Power
User
Only sees own knowledge objects and those shared to them - ✅✅✅CORRECT -User
Apps in Splunk? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1. Pre-built dashboards, reports, alerts and workflows
2. In-depth data analysis for power users
3. Search & Reporting
What does the search and reporting app do in splunk? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Creates knowledge objects,
reports, and dashboards
The seven main components in splunk searching and reporting? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1. Splunk bar
2. App bar
3. Search bar
4. Time range picker
5. How to search panel
6. What to search panel
7. Search History
, What does the time range picker do? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Allow search by preset times, relative times.
Real time (earliest, latest), date range. Retrieve events over a specific time period.
Limiting search by ___________ is key to faster results and is a best practice - ✅✅✅CORRECT -time
The time range picker is set to _________ by default. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -All-time
Search jobs are available for ____ minutes by default. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -10
________ commands create statistics and visualizations. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Transforming
________ tab is default tab for searches - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Event
The three main search modes? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Fast, Verbose, and Smart
_______ mode has discovery off for event searches. No event or field data for stats searches. -
✅✅✅CORRECT -Fast
______ mode has all events and field data; switches to this mode after visualization - ✅✅✅CORRECT
-Verbose
______ mode (default-based on search string data) has field discovery ON for event searches. No event
or field data for stats searches. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Smart
What does the "Job V" action button do - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Edits job settings, sends jobs to the
background, inspects and deletes job.
Saved searches are set to ______ by default. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -private
